The Peoples Republic of China High-Frequency Gravitational Wave Research Program
| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | The Peoples Republic of China High-Frequency Gravitational Wave Research Program |
| Author(s) | Robert M L Baker |
| Keywords | China, Li-Baker Detector, High-Frequency Gravitational Waves, HFGW, [[Chinese Science& Technology�]] |
| Published | 2009 |
| Journal | None |
| Volume | AIP 1103 |
Abstract
For the past decade the Peoples Republic of China has been increasingly active in the pursuit of High- Frequency Gravitational Wave (HFGW) research. Much of their progress has been during 2008. An epochal achievement was the publication of the theoretical analysis of the Li-Baker HFGW detector in the European Physical Journal C (Li, et al., 2008), ?Perturbative Photon Fluxes Generated by High-Frequency Gravitational Waves and Their Physical Effects?). Many Chinese scientists and graduate students have participated in these HFGW studies and their contributions are briefly discussed. Some of the key scientists and their institutions are as follows: first from Chongqing University: Zhenyun Fang, Director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Xing gang Wu, The Institute of Theoretical Physics, Nan Yang, The Institute of Gravitational Physics; Jun Luo, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China, the Head of Gravitational Laboratory, Yang Zhang, University of Science and Technology of China, Associate Dean of the College of Sciences, Biao Li, Institute of Electronic Engineering of China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP), Chief of Microwave Antenna Division, Chuan-Ming Zhou, Technology Committee of Institute of Electronic Engineering of the CAEP, Jie Zhou, Institute of Electronic Engineering of the CAEP, Chief of the Signal Processing Division; Weijia Wen, Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. This Chinese HFGW team includes two parts: (1) Theoretical study and (2) Experimental investigation.
These two parts have closed relations, and many cross projects, including cooperation between the American GravWave and Chinese HFGW teams. Referring to financial support, The Institute of Electronic Engineering (i.e., Microwave Laboratory) has already (June 2008) provided support more than three million Yuan for the HFGW detection project and this activity is discussed.
